Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I have been planning a trip that uses Amtrak. Outbound from Chicago, 18 hours on the train, including all night.
On the return to home, train scheduled to leave the station at 6:33am, so should get to the station by 5:30am and since I will need to put my panniers into a single checkable sized bag, probably should get to the station earlier than that to repack my luggage. Ugggghhhhhhh.
Plus a multi-hour bus ride to Chicago to start it off and returning home on the bus later.
This will be my first time doing the Trainside Carry On bike option, thus do not need to box it. I will finally find out how that system works.
Hi Tourist
Good luck with your trip. I have traveled up and down the left coast a dozen times. I love the idea of combining train and bicycle travel. The reality, not so much, kinda sorta, sometimes. Each time, once it reaches about 12 hours, I start to question my sanity, why oh why am I doing this, AGAIN. But I'm a big boy and just need to power through it. For me it's a little victory when I can travel somewhere and not use a car. And it is kinda fun looking at everybody's back yard as you go through towns, big and small.